Wikipedia:GLAM/New Zealand Wikipedian at Large/April 2019 Report

At the National Library, I worked on the Māori Subject Headings / Ngā Upoko Tukutuku proposal for Wikidata, and proposed the Wikidata property Alexander Turnbull Library ID (P6683), which was unanimously supported and accepted soon after. I also gave a presentation to staff on the call for images after the Christchurch mosque shootings.

I attended the 5–6 April Wellington Botanic Garden BioBlitz 2019 (Q62770398) with User:Ambrosia10 as Wikipedians in Residence. We wrote and improved articles, copied photos from iNaturalist into Commons, created Wikidata items for people and species, and took photographs of the researchers attending. The notes we took will be useful for anyone else wanting to incorporate Open Data into a BioBlitz.

From April 10, based at Otago Museum WP:GLAM/Otago Museum. A conversation on the copyright status of museum taxidermy uncovered some interesting legal implications to do with Freedom of Panorama, the museum as a public place, 2D vs 3D works, and the copyright status of Dunedin street art.

Worked with students in the English programme at Otago University who were learning to write literary biographies in Wikipedia. All four produced created well-written articles on writers Nick Ascroft (User:Mcdonald0ken), Michele Powles (User:James_Suzuki), Michael Harlow (User:DoctorZhivagoNZ), and David Howard (poet) (User:Ewarnerallen), under the guidence of User:Keepitsimplekarl (who created Emily Duncan).

Presentations edit

Mon 1 Apr: Wikipedia as an outreach tool • 7 staff at National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington
Tue 2 Apr: How Wikipedia Works • Staff (15) • Te Tumu Paeroa, the Māori Trustee, Wellington
Fri 5 Apr: Collecting Christchurch Mosque Shootings photos • Staff (60) • National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
Wed 10 Apr: What Wikipedia Means for Libraries and Archives • (20+) Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, Dunedin
Fro 12 Apr: How Wiki Works • Staff and students (20) • English programme, Otago University
Mon 15 Apr: Engaging with Wikimedia • (20) Dept of Anatomy seminar, Otago Medical School, Dunedin
Tue 30 Apr: Wikipedia for Outreach • Graduate students (9) • Zoology Department, Otago University, Dunedin
Tue 30 Apr: How Wiki Works • Public (32) • Ombrellos, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin

Wed 17 Apr: Making a Species Stub Article • Otago Museum, Dunedin
Sun 28 Apr: New Zealand Prehistory edit-a-thon • Skinner Annex, Otago Museum, Dunedin • Wikipedia:Meetup/Dunedin/NZ prehistory

Wed 3 Apr: Staff at Archives New Zealand about running an edit-a-thon
Thu 4 Apr: Forest & Bird staff to explain copyright and Creative Commons and come up with a copyright strategy
Tue 9 Apr: Chloe Searle, North Otago Museum, Oamaru, to discuss a museum Wikpedia strategy
Wed 10 Apr: Mark Hughes and Lynn Benson to plan a Hocken Collections Wikidata information session
Fri 12 Apr: Sarah Gallagher from Heritage NZ about pitching a Wikipedian role to HNZ head office in Wellington
Mon 15 Apr: Met ENGL 404 class + lecturer and talked through writing biographies for Wikipedia
Wed 17 Apr: Skype interview with digital arts marketing student in Wellington
Wed 24 Apr: Met volunteer collection manager at Otautau Museum and discussed digital strategy, which became the blog post A digital strategy for a small museum
Tue 30 Apr: Emma Curtin at Zoology Dept about correcting Wikipedia and uploading Commons photos

Lapsley Miller, Judi. (7 April 2019). "Set your photos free." The Art of Birding blog.
Department of Conversation (14 April 2019). "Dr Mike Dickison: everything you need to know about Wikipedia, how it works, and how to use it." (video interview with Pat Brittenden) DOC #020".